Browsable Slideshow
A Browsable Slideshow is in an interactive framework for the user to navigate still images of galleries or text information. Still images may be presented and changed without interruption to audio playback.
Read more »xvYCC
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| Type of format | Exapanded Color Space | |
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| First published | 2007 | |
| Developer | Sony | |
| Filename extension | ? | |
| Open Format? | ? | |
| Free Format? | ? | |
| Magic Number | ? | |
xvYCC or EXtended-gamut YCC) (or by it's copyrighted name x.v.Color) is a color space that extends the range of the standard YCC color space to support a wider gamut of colors.
Read more »MGVC
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| Type of format | Lossless video format | |
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| First published | 2013 | |
| Developer | Panasonic | |
| Filename extension | .bin
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| Open Format? | No | |
| Free Format? | No | |
| Magic Number | None | |
Master Grade Video Coding (or MGVC) is a proprietary video codec developed by Panasonic. It enhances the video and offers 36-bit color depth (68,719,476,736 colors) using 12-bits per color. It is somewhat similar to Dolby Vision and HDR10+, but for standard BD.
Multi-Angel Viewing
Like DVD, Blu-ray allows multi-angle viewing, giving viewers the ability to observe different perspectives of the same scene using the Angle button on the remote.
Read more »M2TS
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| Type of format | Container format for video, audio, data | |
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| First released | August 2004 | |
| Latest release | January 2018 - 5th edition | |
| Developer | Blu-ray Disc Association | |
| Filename extension | .m2t
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| Open Format? | Yes | |
| Free Format? | ? | |
| Magic Number | 47 40 00 10 00 00 B0 11
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BDs use the MPEG-2 Transport Stream (M2TS) container file format under the .m2ts filename extension. Video, audio, graphics, and other streams are stored and multiplexed (muxed) into this container.
Read more »VC-1
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| Type of format | Lossless video format | |
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| First published | February 24 2006 | |
| Developer | Microsoft and SMPTE | |
| Filename extension | .vc1
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| Open Format? | Yes | |
| Free Format? | No | |
| Magic Number | 00 00 01 0F |
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AVC
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| Type of format | Lossless video format | |
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| First published | August 17 2004 | |
| Developer | ITU-T Study Group 16, VCEG, MPEG | |
| Filename extension | .264
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| Open Format? | Yes | |
| Free Format? | Depends of implementation | |
| Magic Number | 00 00 00 01 09 10 00 00 00 01 67 64 00 29 AC |
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Advanced Video Coding ( AVC) (also called H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10 Main Profile@4.1/High Profile@4.1), jointly created in 2004 by Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) and Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), is the most widely used video codec for BD movies. It is considered the best for its better compression without losing picture quality.
Read more »MPEG
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| Type of format | Lossless video format | |
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| First published | May 1996 | |
| Developer | ITU-T Study Group 16, VCEG, MPEG | |
| Filename extension | .mpv
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| Open Format? | Yes | |
| Free Format? | Yes | |
| Magic Number | 00 00 01 B3 |
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MVC
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| Type of format | Lossless stereoscopic video format | |
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| First published | June 2009 | |
| Developer | ITU-T Study Group 16, VCEG, MPEG, Panasonic, LG | |
| Filename extension | .264 ?
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| Open Format? | Yes | |
| Free Format? | No | |
| Magic Number | ? | |
Multiview Video Coding (MVC) is a modified version of the AVC codec created in 2009 for 3D video. It uses a Polarized 3D system (using the 2D+Delta method) that uses two separate images projected superimposed onto the same screen through different polarizing filters.
Read more »JAR
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| Type of format | File archive, data compression | |
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| First released | 1997 | |
| Developer | Sun Microsystems | |
| Filename extension | .jar
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| Open Format? | Yes | |
| Free Format? | Yes | |
| Magic Number | 50 4b 03 04 "PK♥♦" |
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A JAR (Java archive) file is a package file format used to aggregate many Java class files, associated metadata and resources (text, images, etc.) into one file for distribution for a BD-J application.
Read more »File Directory
The Blu-ray disc uses the Universal Disk Format (UDF) 2.50 developed by the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) is an open, vendor-neutral file system for data storage for optical discs and it's a compatible-friendly format for both Personal Computers and consumer electronics environments. A BDMV application has a standard file structure similar to the DVD. Read more »
Playlist
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| Type of format | Data format | |
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| First released | 2006 | |
| Developer | Blu-ray Disc Association | |
| Filename extension | xxxxx.mpls
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| Limits | 2,000 Playlist files allowed | |
| Open Format? | Yes | |
| Free Format? | ? | |
| Magic Number | MPLS0100 MPLS0200 (BD) MPLS0300 (UHD-BD) |
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Movie PlayList is a collection of playing intervals in Clips.
Read more »Clip
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| Type of format | Data format | |
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| First released | 2006 | |
| Developer | Blu-ray Disc Association | |
| Filename extension | xxxxx.clpi
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| Limits | 4,000 Clip files allowed | |
| Open Format? | Yes | |
| Free Format? | ? | |
| Magic Number | HDMV0200 (BD) HDMV0300 (UHD-BD) |
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Clip Information files contain descriptive details and purpose for each M2TS AV stream, like type, sequence, program, and timing that communicates to each stream.
Read more »Video
One of the main selling points for people to upgrade from DVD to Blu-ray is that BDs offer high-definition video in a maximum resolution of 1080x1920 pixels at 24 frames per second (progressive) and 29.97 frames per second (interlaced), making it 4x sharper and cleaner than DVD, which has a resolution of 720 x 480 pixels (480i NTSC) and 720×576 pixels (576i PAL).
The high-definition picture quality is truly exceptional. It provides a 24-bit YCrCB Rec. 709 color space that's capable of displaying an impressive 16,777,216 colors, with a bit depth of 8 bits dedicated to each color.
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